Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius Summary and Reviews

Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius
by Philip Lambert

Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius
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Author: Philip Lambert
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-25
ISBN: 0826418775
Number of pages: 404
Publisher: Continuum

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Book Review: For serious BW Fans
Summary: 5 Stars

Lambert's book is a treasure trove of inside-musician details for those who like me have stood in awe at Brian Wilson's massive talent and asked, "How'd he do that?"

There are nuggets here for the casual Beach Boy fan or even the rabid BW enthusiast but the real value of "Inside the Music of BW" is Lambert's symphonic treatment of BW's art and achievments.

Those readers concerned with the egghead musician interests in chord progressions, keys, modulations, stylistic borrowings, links to previous and contemporary works, BW's influences, etc... will find much here to engage.

What Lambert doesn't develop as fully as Charles Granata's "Wouldn't it Be Nice" is the trademark BW harmony arranging, the true holy grail of BW discipleship. Brian's marvelous mastery of open harmony and jazz/choral arranging influences are not treated in the kind of full detail one would expect from such an ambitious analysis of BW's works. Perhaps its because those achievments in vocal arranging are heaven-sent and undecodable to mere technical experts.

I encourage anyone interested in the richness and complexity of Beach Boys and BW music to buy this book. Its a great read and and an even better reference book for arrangers and writers. I recommend Granata's book more, but that treats mainly the making of Pet Sounds while Lambert's book is much more comprehensive in its scope.

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